1. Why is it important to know about the universe?
Getting Ready to Read
Why is it important to know about the universe?
How are quasars and black holes related?
Why do we need a cosmic unit of measurement, light-years, to measure distances in the universe?

2. Amazing Words Getting Ready to Read
Nebula – all stars form within nebulas. How did the author define the word within the text?
Describe a nebula in your own words. What does a nebula look like?
What does the existence of nebulas tell us about the universe?
Aurora Borealis – streamers or bands of light in the night sky of the Northern Hemisphere.
Also known as “northern lights”
Who has seen the aurora borealis before? What did it look like?

3. Getting Ready to Read
Expository Text
Genres are categories used to classify different types of literature. They include poetry, drama, realistic fiction, historical fiction, informational text, interviews, biographies and autobiographies, folk tales, fantasy and fables.
Today, you’ll be reading an expository text entitled Creating a World Like Ours
Expository Text tells about a real person, place or event.
The purpose of expository nonfiction is to provide facts and details about real people, places, things and events.
Often includes graphics, maps, timelines
Organized with structures like description and definition
Cause and effect
Compare and contrast
How do you know that The Universe is an expository text?

4. Description and definition Definitions of terms, descriptive words
Getting Ready to Read
Text Structure
Features
Description and definition
Definitions of terms, descriptive words
Compare and contrast
Identifies similarities and differences and explains their importance.
Uses context clue words such as like, similarly or in contrast

5. Read and Comprehend
Read the margin note on page 198 and preview Creating a World Like Ours

6. How does identifying the text structure help you understand the text?
Read and Comprehend
Find clue words in the third paragraph: is most like and both. Find colder, which has an –er ending. These clue words mean the author is probably using a compare and contrast structure.
How does identifying the text structure help you understand the text?
Read pages
According to the author, how are Earth and Mars similar? How are they different?
Discuss the Let’s Think About questions with your group.

7. Now read page 198 with your partner.
Read and Comprehend
Fluency Practice
Read page 198 out loud with me. Make sure you pause for periods and other punctuation.
Now read page 198 with your partner.

8. Read and Comprehend
Greek and Latin Roots
In geology class, the students learned how to calculate the relative age of a fossil by studying rock layers.
Geology contains the Greek root geo-, which means earth.
What does geology mean, using the word parts?
What other words start with geo?
What might the words discredited and ungrateful mean? Use the word parts to figure them out.

9. Read and Comprehend
Analyze Media
Think of a TV show or movie you have seen that focuses on outer space.
Who was the intended audience? How do you know?
How did the intended audience influence the way the topic was presented, such as the style of language, the kind of visuals or the level of detail?
What was the purpose of the TV show or movie?
Do you think it was successful in achieving its purpose? Why or why not?
What new information did you learn from the show or movie?

10. Language Arts
Research and Inquiry
Begin organizing your information. Decide if you will use a chart or diagram.
You will be creating a poster with your information.

11. Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns
Language Arts
Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns
Make a list of nouns.
Next to each noun, write the plural form of the noun.
Share your answers.

12. Spelling practice Say each word slowly
Language Arts
Spelling practice
Say each word slowly
Write the word and draw lines between the syllables
Spell the word syllable by syllable

13. Writing a Movie Review Revising
Language Arts
Writing a Movie Review
Revising
Make sure that the opinion and reasons are in the first paragraph
Make sure your summary is complete
Add specific facts, details and examples from the movie to support your opinion
Read your review OUT LOUD to make sure it flows well
What words or phrases in your review are you most proud of? Why? Can you add more?